What buisness/restaurant does College Station lack or need?

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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 10:59p, 1/14/25
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No, you're thinking of the place at Texas and Rosemary. I don't remember the name of it.

Appletree had 2 locations. Where Aldi is in Bryan and where the specs on Texas is. At least the Texas Ave location had been a Safeway first.
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In reply to trouble • 11:04p, 1/14/25
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Great memory!
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In reply to trouble • 11:15p, 1/14/25
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trouble said:
No, you're thinking of the place at Texas and Rosemary. I don't remember the name of it.

Appletree had 2 locations. Where Aldi is in Bryan and where the specs on Texas is. At least the Texas Ave location had been a Safeway first.
Also at Texas and SH 21.
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11:31p, 1/14/25
There was also a Safeway at
Tx Ave & SW Pkwy where the hardware store is.
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12:04a, 1/15/25
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We had a Piggly Wiggly when I was a little kid. Where the Chinese market on Texas is.
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In reply to MsDoubleD81 • 6:23a, 1/15/25
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MsDoubleD81 said:
Hey, we were happy with Skaggs, Skaggs Alpha Beta, Whatever it was.
The acronym for all the stores in that location was "SASABJOA", according to one of my first A&M business classes. I don't remember what the store names were (or anything else from that class really), but strangely I remember that acronym. Obviously my brain remembers the important stuff.
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In reply to Rexter • 7:17a, 1/15/25
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I wasn't sure what that was before it was Lacks
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In reply to Hornbeck • 7:19a, 1/15/25
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At 2818 and Texas?
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In reply to trouble • 8:16a, 1/15/25
There was a Kmart at that intersection. And after looking a bit, looks like a Piggly Wiggly as well. I have found this site to be a great resource when trying to remember what was where:

https://csroadsandretail.blogspot.com/2011/01/kmart-college-station-shopping-plaza.html
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8:26a, 1/15/25
There was a Piggly Wiggly in downtown Bryan across the street from the Coca Cola bottling plant (what is now Longhorn Tavern).
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In reply to Rexter • 8:35a, 1/15/25
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In reply to sornman • 8:36a, 1/15/25
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Right, the Kmart is what I remember
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In reply to Rexter • 8:37a, 1/15/25
Rexter said:
There was also a Safeway at
Tx Ave & SW Pkwy where the hardware store is.
That was a Winn Dixie
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8:45a, 1/15/25
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In reply to duff el pud • 11:42a, 1/15/25
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duff el pud said:
There's always money in the banana stand
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In reply to duff el pud • 11:52a, 1/15/25
duff el pud said:
That chicken finger place you suggested years ago could fit in there too. It sounded like it would do "big."
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In reply to ElephantRider • 12:24p, 1/15/25
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Precursor to Dutch Bros
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In reply to duff el pud • 12:51p, 1/15/25
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That reminds me of that little Cajun/gumbo place that was over there years ago. What was the name of that?
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In reply to MyNameIsJeff • 1:11p, 1/15/25
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MyNameIsJeff said:
That reminds me of that little Cajun/gumbo place that was over there years ago. What was the name of that?
Hebert's and Crazy Cajun were both in that area.
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In reply to duff el pud • 1:29p, 1/15/25
duff el pud said:
Was thinking of a different one but I understand why you wouldn't post it.
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1:33p, 1/15/25
Can't have too many of these!

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In reply to MyNameIsJeff • 1:43p, 1/15/25
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MyNameIsJeff said:
That reminds me of that little Cajun/gumbo place that was over there years ago. What was the name of that?


Hebert's
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In reply to trouble • 1:46p, 1/15/25
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trouble said:
Right, the Kmart is what I remember


Piggly Wiggly was further down. The Chinese market uses some of their old fixtures.
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In reply to FlyRod • 1:58p, 1/15/25
FlyRod said:
duff el pud said:
Was thinking of a different one but I understand why you wouldn't post it.
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2:04p, 1/15/25
I go back to the Piggle Wiggle grocery store.
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2:08p, 1/15/25
A lot of people wish for all the options that the cities with a million or more residents and then gripe about the traffic and the long waits to get into restaurants. Be careful of what you wish form
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In reply to woodiewood • 3:22p, 1/15/25
Thank goodness you said this. About time for the "facts don't care about your feelings" speech.
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In reply to Counterpoint • 3:55p, 1/15/25
Skaggs Albertsons Skaggs Alpha Beta Jewel Osco Albertsons

Don't ask me why Jewel and Osco got transposed
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7:04p, 1/15/25
Lived outside Chicago and Jewel and Osco are indeed usually in the same building.
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In reply to FlyRod • 7:25p, 1/15/25
Yeah it was Jewel-Osco here, pretty much all Jewel stores nowadays are Jewel-Osco, though stand alone Osco stores are gone.

In any case, there was a wide selection of grocery stores back in the early 1990s and not so much now; but I'm not sure what, if any, would be an objective improvement.
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In reply to PS3D • 7:41p, 1/15/25
PS3D said:
Yeah it was Jewel-Osco here, pretty much all Jewel stores nowadays are Jewel-Osco, though stand alone Osco stores are gone.

In any case, there was a wide selection of grocery stores back in the early 1990s and not so much now; but I'm not sure what, if any, would be an objective improvement.
Now, we have Costco, Sams, a few Krogers, a few HEBs, Aldi, a few Wal-Marts, Brookshires, and then we have a few smaller ones like the Asian Market, Readfields, Spice World Market, Farm Patch, and a few Mexican and other world cuisine food stores. etc. We sure didn't have that many options in the 1970s or so.
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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 8:03p, 1/15/25
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Captn_Ag05 said:
Apple tree was the place you bagged your own groceries, right?


The only reason to go to Appletree was that they had 30pks of Keystone for $7.99.
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In reply to PS3D • 1:17a, 1/16/25
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PS3D said:
Skaggs Albertsons Skaggs Alpha Beta Jewel Osco Albertsons

Don't ask me why Jewel and Osco got transposed

Thank you!!!
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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 2:43a, 1/16/25
That was Jewel T
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